It is beautiful and your solution worked out well for you. I have had to add more backing and batting more than a dozen times to fit the quilt. I quilt on a DSM. I two have sewn pins into quilts, one was a straight pin and two large safety pins. I was able to remove them. I don't do that anymore. I have also sewn a fingertip of my quilting gloves to the quilt. I finally learned to pay more attention.